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  • February 5: The Week in Cancer News

    Fecal transplants may improve immunotherapy responses, and more than half of cancer survivors have at least one additional condition that increases their risk of severe COVID-19.

    by Kevin McLaughlin

  • January 29: The Week in Cancer News

    Advocates are asking that cancer patients be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccination, and a KRAS inhibitor shows promising phase II trial results.

    by Kate Yandell

  • January 22: The Week in Cancer News

    Research measures regret about treatment among African Americans with prostate cancer, and COVID-19 vaccination recommendations for cancer patients are released.

    by Marci A. Landsmann

  • January 15: The Week in Cancer News

    People are using crowdsourced fundraising to cover cancer care costs, and missed cancer screenings due to COVID-19 may have led to fewer missed diagnoses than feared.

    by Kevin McLaughlin

  • January 8: The Week in Cancer News

    Two extremely rare cases of cancer being passed from mother to child observed in Japan, and advice on COVID-19 vaccines for cancer patients.

    by Bradley Jones

  • December 18: The Week in Cancer News

    Researchers estimate that breast cancer surpassed lung cancer as the most commonly diagnosed cancer globally in 2020, and a study provides insight into financial toxicity's impact on quality of life.

    by Bradley Jones

  • December 11: The Week in Cancer News

    The San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium and American Society of Hematology meeting go virtual, and COVID-19 brings silver linings to cancer clinical trials.

    by Marci A. Landsmann

  • December 4: The Week in Cancer News

    Many people who pursue low-dose CT lung cancer screening do not follow the recommended screening schedule, and U.K. scientists say the COVID-19 pandemic has set back progress in cancer research.

    by Kevin McLaughlin

  • November 20: The Week in Cancer News

    Researchers investigate why some patients respond exceptionally well to cancer treatment, and the Food and Drug Administration approves a second immunotherapy drug for some breast cancer patients.

    by Kate Yandell

  • November 13: The Week in Cancer News

    A survey indicates that the pandemic is reducing cancer patients' willingness to enroll in cancer clinical trials, and a study find that indoor tanning increases risk of developing melanoma multiple times.

    by Kate Yandell